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One who places or arranges something.
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One who deals in stolen goods; a fence. 2011, Jonathon Green, Crooked Talk: Five Hundred Years of the Language of Crime, %22placers%22%20stolen%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 104— The 20th-century buyer is self-explanatory, while the placer is a middle-man who places stolen goods with a purchaser.
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A lamb whose mother has died and which has transferred its attachment to an object, such as a bush or rock, in the locality.
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A deposit of sand or earth in a river-bed etc. which contains particles of gold or other precious minerals.
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